Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-06

writing and wrote him that aall was
over between them. he became an.
settled in mind, though he has since
mssried.and is il the most prosperous
circumstances. He became morbidly
jealous and attempted his own life.
Although last night was worse than
bitter cold, the audience which assem-
bled at the Congregations! church to
hear COL George Woodford's lecture was
larger than that of any previous night,
and the speaker, being inspired by such
a generous ~out-pouring of the people,
gave one of the most entertaining talks
OF the course. His subject was the tenn
perance cause in all its phases. To-
night he will discuss the TESTS OF the
Liquor Traffic." end the lecture uill
provo interesting to everybody. About
$50 petsons have signed The pledge ct all
the meetings during the week, and it is
presumed q many more Will have sign.
ed before Col. Waodford leaves the city.
P. z. Miller, q resident of Wayne. Ne :
braska. tells the Sioux City Journal that
the PEG Pile of his section still look for
the building of the Omaha and Northern
from Omaha-to Yankton. Vice. President
Clark. of the Missouri Pacific. Mr..
Miller says. favors this line, and promis.
ed iust before he left for New York a
few weeks ago to see what he could do
toward getting parties there interested
in the scheme. 1t is the expressed opin-
ion over IN the Wayne region that the
buildingFof the Randolph line into Ce
dar county from Wayne, by the st. Paul
company, was done to head off the Oma-
ha and Northern, but it is claimed that
the right-of-way will. be given nearly
the whole length of that line for q
through road to p%arallellt.
Yankton college opened for the winter
term at 8 O'Clock this morning, and the
opening exercises were attended byaall
of last terms students. and many stran-
gers, new students, who will derive from
Yanktons temple of education accom-
plishments which will give them stand
ing among the educated people of the
eerth. The students come from
Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota, and
have left comfortable homes to come to
Yanktoa among strangers, that they may
enjoy the benefits of Yankton college
and Its teachings, the banner educa-
tional institution of Dakota. The
strangers comprise Miss Nellie King
and Miss Eugene Beyles. of Yankton
Miss Alma Carlson, Of Marindahl; Franz
Scheeffer. Walshtown; George Becker
F. x. Russell, Yankton; Amos f. Phelps
Houston, Minnesota; T: 81. Stebbins,
Frank 81. Stebbins, Aten, Nebraska; A.
w. Owen, e. A.. Owen, De Smet, Dakota
B. P. Gray, Lake nenry, Dakota.
January was named In the Roman
calender from Janus. The brass doors
of the temple of Janus. in Rome, we're
kept open excepting when Rome was at
pe.ns With tbs entiFs world and
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closed only three tim ss during the long
period prior to the dawn Of the empire
A local student of ancient history
dropped Into the Press and Dakotaiar
office this morning burdened with
happy thought. He said it had finail,
occurred to him that the ancestors OF til,
iends who invariably leave the dool
open during the month OF January
must have been housed in the temple o
Janus before the arrival of the
peaceful period. This theory seem
q reasonable ono and we shall take pains
to enquire into the facts. These peopl
are undoubtedly OF roming origin, a
they go about from place to place ant
when they depart are followed by til,
remark, "grest Cesar, oan't you eye
learn to shat o door," FPS